Hi Margaret, I am also researching Barrass, I have only just started this part of my tree, it belongs to my husbands side! This is a transcription I copied from records at Bolbec Hall, (Northumberland and Durham Family History Society) If you are not a member, it is well worth joining, if you are doing research in this area Monumental Inscriptions "All Saints Church Penshaw" (Rectory side of path) "Barrass" Edward, Overman of "Penshaw Colliery" d 8/3/1825 aged ( ?) --- son "Thomas"d 8/3/1825 aged 22, son "William" d 15/12/18? Widow "Ann", w a / n "Edward" d 29/10/1851 aged 85 Penshaw is accross the river from "Harraton" people used to row accross, there is a bridge there now! I have found a lot of "BARRASS" surnames there! There are "BARRASS" all over Co Durham!!! Carole Robinson Co Durham ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret murdoch" <mgtmurdoch@clara.co.uk> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:00 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR] ANN COLLING from HARRATON > Hello Brian > > Many thanks for offering to keep an eye open for COLLING names in your > parish, as you do your own research. Unfortunately the only information I > have about ANN COLLING is that she gave birth to an illegitimate son, THOMAS > in 1815, so I am presuming she must have been born before 1800. The only > parish registers to cover this period for Harraton area seem to be those of > Chester-le Street, which I searched some years ago to no avail, though I did > find many COLLINGS in Chester-le-Street and Fatfield. > > No, I have no census information about ANN but I believe she may have > married after THOMAS'S birth ( An ANN COLLING married THOMAS BARRASS in 1816 > in the same Houghton -le- Spring parish in which THOMAS was born.) I do have > THOMAS COLLING'S details in all but one of the census records from 1841 but > ANN does not feature in any of them. (Thomas married in 1840) Look forward > to hearing from you, if any COLLINGS pop up! > > Regards, > Margaret. > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > query board for Durham gen web > http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/cgi-bin/data/durham.cgi >